THE OREGON SUNDAY .'JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY I.IORNINO. NOVEMBER 12, 1905. "MIS. WARREN'S PROFESSION" r.IARQUAr.1 GHAND THEATOE MARQUAM GRAND TI Eli raon sum m. By 9 (From The loxxrmVt Owl Correspondent) NEW YORK, Nor. 1,-rArnold Paly brought his production ' of the Bernard 8haw play, "Mrs. Warren' Profession," to -the Garrlck. Its advent had been her alded by a bitter controversy In which Mr. Dal, Mr. Shaw and Anthony Com took had taken prominent part. The " mayor of New Haven had previously topped performances of the play In that city. Not since the great "Hapho" Incident had there been such caviare for a certain element of the public ' Thank to I hie advertising, . the en- trance to the Garrlck theatre wa jammed witn crowaa wnicn .tnreaienea a stampede---Uvea the -alreet-ln front cf the theatre1 was crowded with curl Joslty seekers.. Beats In, the bands of speculators eoia ion aosura prices. high as 126 or 130 each, while even In ; the gallery they went, at 110 and I VS. -, Two women approached a speculator ( who had but two seats left. ' They were In the last row of the balcony and the .speculator wanted $10 for them. The " women urged him to take less, but he " would not coma down a cent. -Where-. upon the women- went through - their . pocketbooka and finding that they had i only to, one woman hastened home to procure the extra dollar while the other buttonholed ' the. man In . order that he ; should not get away .from them 'mean while. That la a sample of some of .the scenes enacted at the entrance of the : Oarrick theatre.-- ', ... . Skinned by Speculators. - Twenty-four hours later thera was ' only half a house, at the Garrlck theatre and there waa no crush, no crowd. - -But ' In the meantime further performances of th piece had been stopped by the " police and. "Candida," ' another' , Bhaw play, had been substituted. - A treat many people had bought tickets from ;. speculators at fabulous sums both for . "that night and for" the succeeding nights. It Is hardly' necessary to say . 1 that when they came to return their tickets the speculators could not be "'found and the only redress which might ' be had was the return of the face value of their tickets, namely 12 each. Bo whatever elae may be said about , this - play. It has don soma good at least In 'forcing home th pernicious practice of th theatr speculator . f - And now for th play, the presenta tion of which the London censor re- . fused to permit,' which has been stopped by . the police of both New Haven and New Tors' after-a single performance - In each city, - Mr. Daly Is - reported to have said after the New Haven Incident ;r; that he would rest his case-with th critics and. If they Judged th play was - - Immoral and1 unfit that he would with draw ft. - ., ... -' - ' It has been long sine such scathing words have been said of any play as war, said by every New Tork paper of ' "Mrs. Warren's Profession." s .:.;. , Thr Is really llttl to be gained by a discission of this play. ' In on way It reflecta the best of Bhaw Just a In rsnother It shows him at hls-wont ' It Is not without forceful, strong scenes -;r-ot - dramatic- value. - It lacks, however, -..that passion of convlnoingnesa which Is essential to ever stage piece, that la, j Judging, it "frora . the . purely- technical ' ground and " leaving aside th moral Question It is dialectic - rather . than dramatic, although Its subject and the essentials of Its story In the bare nar- ration would, appear to. be Intensely . dramatic Somehow It seems eold " blooded, almost statistical, too true . to ' faota snd not true enough to .Imagina tion. It lacks th Interpretive power to ' fore horn th very lessons which " It brings up. It Is almost purely mental and Its coM-bloodedneea If the term might be . used strikes . on with th force of a blow. , At least this Is ths Impression which a reading of th play yokes. ..- . s w - Moral or Zmmorat :. ,',. ! ; ,' When you com to th ever-Insistent . moral question. It la safe to say. that If our attention had not been forced upon It a great many of as would not have ELSIE GRESIIAM PROVES THAT . , PLAY IS v Miss Elsi -----Mle Elsie Greshara, who Is to ap pear at the Empire theatre soon In '"A ' -' Broken Heart," la among th cleverest of , America's popular-price stars, and has a following which should Insure - big business for th attraction when It visits Portland. . . Miss Oreahsm has been with Balvlnl, Mansfield and Jeffenon and has learned JULES ECKERT GOODMAN. given It a thought . Th theme Itself Is old as" the ""profession", around which It oenters. It Is not a pleasant subject, but It la purely a matter of treatment which decides whether or not It Js moral or Immoral. , One thing the devotees of Bhaw have Indubitably In their favor Is that It Is a question whether anything as photographic and, on . might aay, economlo as. this can be Immoral. This does not mean, of course, that tnr is justification 1 1 or .ita' presentation upon the publl stag.- The clinic Is not for aeneral view. BO toe wnoie roauer -re- verts acaln to one. of taste, as was said In this column a week ago. In speaking of the approaching presentation. or tnia play. , j , . '. 1 U-.- It mlaht be remarked, however, ' that Ita most disagreeable Incident., probably, that of love, between half . brother and sister,: is not unlike the great them In Ibsen's "Ghosts." There is,. or course. a world of difference In treatment, but there are those who would call ven "Ghosts". Immoral, vu as they would unwittingly condemn In th sam breath such plays as "Oedipus." -To -mentlon such a play as "Ghosts" In connection with 'Mrs Warcena ;prpfesslon". Is to call at one its position.' Perhaps, after all, Mr. , Shaw has given his play th best designation, when, by plaolng it with the plays which he, did. and. under ths title which he selected, he tacitly dubbed It-"unujeasant," And whatever els it la, unpleasant-' It certainly la. Yet' on cannot but think -what a splendid, -won derful thing this play-might have been If It had had the uplift or emotion ana the coloring of sympathy fort human frailty and endeavor; If, instead of being a dramatia propaganda, It had been, a great dramatlo story. - , . , '- Three Shakespeare. Productions. .. To . turn from Bhaw, to Shakespeare, there have - been - three Shakespearean plays produced this week.- Over at the Garden . theatre Mr. Robert Mad tell, who began on Monday night with Bui wer's "Richelieu,". Thursday presented "Othel lo,". Mr. Mantell appearing -as th Moor. - Adequate, la th word which naturally springs to mind In thinking of Mr. Man tail's work. Rarely-la It Illumined by flashes of genius,, but nearly always is It characterised by merit and expressed with good taste and In manner suggest ing a. soundness snd thoroughness of training. His performance of . "Richard III'.' Is especially good, full of color and with a aplendld restraint. These quali ties are apparent in almost all that he does.1. He has had th training seen all too seldom at present upon ths stage. The performances which he Is giving .at present at ' ths - uaraea tneatre i ar - or Interest and merit. .'V , ". - .' : Over In . -Mendelssohn '; hall.:. where "Everyman' was first presented In this country, Mr. Ben Greet has - Inaugu rated a series of Shakespeare's - plays acted '' In the .' Elizabethan manner." Whether ' th method - of - production Which Mr. Greet exhibits Is .-. Ellsa bethan or not is on of some debit. The old accepted idea of the bare KUsa bethao stag has been called Into rather serious question recently. In a man ager's not on ..ths program t there Is written: VThls - drama . Is generally quoted by those anxious to prove that Shakespear neither; anticipated nor. do-J sired elaborate settings and mountings; the subject -Is too broad for discussion her. It Is certain he never used them. It may as well be stated her that out dbject Is to give these plays as nearly as possible .as .they were written, to show their valu as drama and litera ture and In no spirit, of opposition te th . public 'that' prefers more scenery and less Shakespeare. ' At least there. can be no doubt as to the views of th man who wrote this, be h Mr. Greet or his press agent. It Is a pretty sweeping statement to say "that Shakespeare neither anticipated nor. desired'" .. elaborate settings. No one can of course say what he desired, When It Is considered that scarcely t years after Shakespeare's ' death there were elaborate mountings of plays upon th Ellsabethan stage, effect of me chanical nature to challenge comparison with those ' of . today; this broad, d NOT THE ESSENTIAL f .,"4';.- - v H. . $ . . , t " - .r Qraham, " about all th trlokt of th .trade. Sh has ' magnetism snd InSlvlduallty ' and was on woman who refuted th as sertion that th play triakes th actress. In substantiating her theory two years ago, eh took a new play over old terri tory and th business dons by' th com pany Increased nearly II per cent over tb business of th year before, :, olalv ' statement admit '. at ' least of questioning. Scenery In Elizabeth's Time. - -. In this connection It might b worth whll to quote from Anthony--Wood's "Th Floating Island" was presented by the -students -of Oxford at Christ Church hall befor Charles I.i Here ar Wood's-" words of description: "That night, after the king, queen and two princes had supped they saw a comedy acted In Christ Church hall, but auob an on It was that It had more of th moralist than the poet in It. It, was aoted on a goodly; stage reaching from the upper end of the hall, almost to the hearth place and bad on It three or four openings on each side' thereof snd partitions-between them . out of .which th - actor issued. - Th aid partitions they could draw In apd out ' according , to , the , nature of the screen whereon : were - represented churches, .dwelling houses, palaces, etc., which- for . Its variety bred very great admiration. Over all was delicate paint ing resembling sky, clouds and at th upper end a great fair . shut of two leaves .that opened ' and shut without any visible' help. Within which war set "forth the emblem of the whole play in. a. very .sumptuous manner.' .Therein was the perfect- resembjance of the bil lows 1 of the sea rolllnr. snd an arti ficial', Island, with churches and houses, wavtng up and .down and floating, as lso rocks, trees and hills. Many other fins pieces of work and landscape did also, appear at sundry openlnga thereof and a chair was seen to eome gliding on ths stage without visible help."- . This Is really not bad for a soenlo production and this w"as not more than to years sfter . the death of Shakes peare. Of course a word should be said anent th fact that this play was pre sented before the king and queen and was something In the nature of a mask and ' even Wood - remarks about Its nn- usualness. , Still w do know something about1 ths effects which - Inlgo Jones produced, snd while he may not be Elizabethan In ' the strictest sense, he comes very close to being so. It Is hardly probable that : scenery should have developed to th degree suggested In th description above without hav ing had some standing 20 years neror. As Mr. Greet says, however, "th sub ject is too broad for discussion here," and after all- there Is wry little that can be absolutely proved one way or the other. ' Certain scholars feel very strongly one view and others- have no less strong opinions of a directly oppo site character. Meanwhile w have Mr. Greet' production of "Henry ViM There is one thing which this under taking la to be commended for and that la that It is making an educational ap peal and Is placing before a great many school children a more vivid view of the poet's, work. There were '-quit a number of young boys and girls present th other afternoon and ther were keenly enthusiastic. - Th Idea also ap peals strongly, to students snd whether It evokes-sppcoval or-discussion it will hav a salutary effect Ths Uerchsnt of Venice." . .. . Mr. Bothern and Miss Marlowe have not. tried -to-.be- Ellsabethan-by the-extinction of acenery In their production of "Th Merchant of Venice." On th oontrary, they bar presented the play with a beauty -and tonal valu which hav yarely been surpassed upon our tag. Th mounting la exquisite and th lights, ar managed with a sens of artistry seen rarely; the costuming Is as - varied as It Is beautiful. Above everything there 1 atmosphere and warmth to It all breathing of Venloe and Italian landscape. Shakespear possibly never dreamed of such a thing, but It would hav delighted him. prao- ucai oramatist tnat he waa Of Mr, Bothern's Shylock it may be said that It Is Interesting and that It has moments of Inspiration. . Bo far ths Impression conveyed Is that it fa "new," that it needs th seasoned ton of deflnlteness, needs decisiveness and constant convincingness. There are bits that fairly surprise on by their fitness and Inspiration, -but ther are other bits which seem a trifle rough and uneven. Mr. Bothern has followed rather la the etepa of Kean than In those of Mao ready and Irving, though at tlmea he seme to combine both Interpretations. HI -Shylock lacks dignity. on one side and on th other lacks racial differen tiation. -. His Jew Is Jew only on th surface; scratch him and you will find a Gentile. Tou cannot portray the Hebrew ' by merely assuming ' certain mnm and mevsmonte; a-whoJa-Ixepd 1 or mind is necessary. This, to me. Is the . greatest . flaw In Mr. gothern In terpretation; it lacks th racial quality. This Is very evident when one has seen) such an actor as Jacob P. Adler In, this part, who brought to it th splendid for th cringing, persecuted, acute, wheedling, proud, intellectual endow ment of the Hebrew. Tou feel too much of the villain In Mr. Bothern's portrayal; too llttl ef ths man behind the villain. Above all It leaves the .Impression of being unsettled, undecided.. Tou never ar quit euro of the' viewpoint. It 1 therefore, aa stated at th beginning, a performance of moments, some of th speeches being dons with rare beauty and force. ; " .. ..V Miss Marlowe's Portia. - ' '.; Miss Marlowe's Portia Is a picture to be placed In the nam gallery with her Juliet and her Bee. trine, a creation of beauty and appealing Charm. Ther I a splendid womanliness combined with a spirit of youthful fun In Miss Mar lows which make her ' peculiarly fitted to this role. - Above all her voice is a perfect instrument, for thn demands of the part, especially In th trial scene. Sh mad Portia first, last and always essentially feminine, a woman whom ex perience had given a mental grasp and a dignity,, yet a woman who underneath eherished always a romantic dream. Sh was gracious. Under, yet . Arm i when there war-rieed of firmness, a Portia who could carry In her heart for year the picture of a Basaanlo, yet one, too, who could extract the last farthing of payment v from a Shylock, . Abov all she was a Portia -who could play th pranks of th ring incident, th pur glrllshness or her nature-being always clos to th surface. Ther has bees few ' more .' engaging Shakespearean pictures offered on the sta ge than this Portia of Miss Marlowe. - For th Test it might be said that the acting throughout waa very satisfying and tb stage management excellent. There were several other openings this week which can b scarcely more than mentioned. At th Broadway the atre "Veronlque," a comic opera- worthy of the Tiame, waa presented -by an En glish company, which haa scored Heavily. , Miss Marie Cahlll In a new musical ' comedy, "Moonshine," opened en Monday night at the Liberty theatr and seema to hav mat a favorabl fVt' eeptlon. -At th New Amsterdam th new Dm ry Lena spectacle, "The white Cat." wa presented. last night. It is vaguely on ths lines -of Its predeces sors, '"Mother Goose" and Humpty Dumpty," and la of standard. -.-rr. Agency for Mackintoshes Toffee. at Sam L Bearr's. , , Monday Night, November 13, 1905 . " ' '''' ' ' ' V. "'. " J: ' i ' .-. AN ORNATO OP QLORY X I- . AvOlecful Commlotllne; of joviality I . ' , TWENTY-EIGHTH EDITION. 1 ' ' Richardo (Q. Prinrjle'o FAMOUS GEORGIA AO- -A C0AUTIGX CF r::2TH. VIVACITY AND GAIETY 40 Th Dlar O Comdlan , . CLARENCE POWELL FRED SIMPSON -.. . FRANK KIRK Strttt Paradm POPULAR 2iei 35c, 30c and Mc " , Fourteenth and Washington 8 treats E- D. PRICE,' General Manager ' ' Last Matinee Today, Last Time Starting 1 MONDAY NOVEMBER 13 V 25th Weefc Belasco Stock Hi In Richard Mansfield's Success VIOLIN rrteeet-jnghV-SSe, Me, Boa, TS. Sale of seats at theatre box office only. NEXT WEEK TIIF FATAI TAnn Reappearance of The Powerful Drama I HE. sT1 lY. JJ WILL R.WALLINO COMING! Msthw St SiM T. at. WHITE V " TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11- ' " " FARBWBLL f : Tickets, $1.50, $1.00 and 75c, on VIVACIOUS VAUDiVILLE SUNDAY CONTINUOUS. Miss Eleanor Jenkins Mime. NORELU PREMIER WIRE ARTISTS Bud and Ollie Wood CAKE WALK IH THE AIR Sarins Deeds Oa the Tl-ht . Wiie. .... v-rlnia XJofioa robin aceoe Diavolo." - - Bnprrae 1 rra Pcrle & Dlament Spsatsh Stis and Dancer. Mr.FrcdPurlntoo Tre a LentinS fa My Heart ,, roc loo, Vmi." , General Admission 10c CLUB MEMBERS DECLARE SPITE CAUSE OF RAID Members of ths Colored Cooks', Por ters', Walters', snd Janitor's club, which bss rooms at 10t North Eishth street, are Indlsnsnt because or the raid on their nlace Friday night, when the man- agar and thirty members were arrested and taken to headquarters. Ther Insist that the raid was instigated by persons who are unfriendly to the club because ther were excluded from membership. Members were smustns; themselves in various ways when Sergeant Taylor with a detail of policemen Interrupted them. K. O. Hedspeth. manager, , was arrested and charged with keeping open after hours. The members were re leased after being taken to the station. ' -" senate el Trinity Chares. Carl Denton's prograVa of organ music st Trinity church today la s a followsi At 11 a. m.. "Annette and Lubln" (pas torale), TJurand; Andants from ths ninth sonata, Merkelf "Poet hide in P,M Lenv mens. . ..- At 7:l p. m Traumeret,' Schumann: Introduction to third act ef "Lohengrin," JAMES CROSBY " ' ' HAPPY BUREGUARD - LESTER "WDANIELS at High Noon. PRICES . , ; Boxes and' Loses S54X). BBLASCO C&V MAYER, Proprietors E. L. SACKS TT, Resident Manager Tonight of THE LADY CF LYONS , Matin Sat. Sk Sun. Co. and Last Week of f-HTF 1 With Belasco StocK Co. . Dnunatlsed by XICCIAEKE Jen)s,fethersliri -"fepslsr Merel Matin SSe. S6o and Boo. J.,..' Reservations two weeks in advance JSSSSci Nov. 23 MARQUAM GRAND R. F. OUTCAUL.T BISTER BROWN ""TIGE Buster Browei. Souvenirs for Children at Matinee. ; DlrectionLt)IS BTKER8 WTNN COMAN. TEMPJUE ! CONCERT sals at Woodard, Clarke & Ca .Wcelt of Nov. 13tK 3;30 TO 10:30 P. M. Diamoad May Stniac sad Daadat Comedian.. Conley&McOuire .Blberalaa TeealUts. , Staro?cope ' "im a ajus.m rro. 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